Cream Skimmer Gairloch Museum This wonderful kitchen device for skimming the cream from milk has been fashioned from a scallop shell drilled with holes. It shows an inventive use of natural materials and would have been used for making butter and crowdie cheese. ...
Korean Bible Seaboard Centre This Bible, written in Korean, is a modern-day example of John Ross’s translation of the Christian Bible. In 1872, thirty-year-old John Ross was sent by the Scottish United Presbyterian Mission to Northeast China, where he founded...
South Korean Map Seaboard Centre This map of Pyongan Province in South Korea dates back to the early 1800s. It is part of the Seaboard Centre collection because of long-standing connections between the area of Easter Ross and Christians in present-day South Korea. ...
Hugh Miller Medal Cromarty Courthouse This medal gives us an insight into the interests and schooldays of George Innes, a Cromarty resident who went on to pursue a long career in education and civic affairs. It was awarded at Cromarty School for an essay on geology in...
Tackity Boots Glencoe Folk Museum Boots like these were worn by quarry workers to protect their feet. Ballachulish Quarry was established in the late seventeenth century and provided industry in the region for many years. The slate was formed during Precambrian...
